The family that dines together, stays together!
Maria Shriverspoke to PEOPLE exclusively while promoting hernew podcastMeaningful Conversations with Maria Shriverabout how she keeps her large family together now that they’re all grown up.
“We do a Sunday dinner and that is great for me to do because it gives everyone a chance to come together on Sundays,” she said. “MySunday Papercomes out on Sunday and I go to church on Sunday, so it’s a different feel, it’s about family.”
She continued, “It’s about prayer, family, food and home.”
Shriver has four children with her ex-husband Arnold Schwarzenegger: daughtersKatherine, 29, and Christina, 27, and sonsPatrick, 25, and Christopher, 21.
As for whether her kids find it as meaningful as their mother, the NBC News correspondent shared, “I think so, they tell me it is!”
From left: Patrick Schwarzenegger, Christina Schwarzenegger, Maria Shriver, Katherine Schwarzenegger and Christopher Schwarzenegger in 2016.
“They come, it’s a free meal and it’s fun and it’s good,” she added. “I hope it’s more than that.”
With daughter Katherine now engaged toChris Pratt, the journalist’s dinner table will get a whole lot bigger. While Shriver did not wish to comment on the engagement, saying, “It isn’t about me. So I’m going to follow their lead,” she did congratulate the happy couple on Instagram.
On Schwarzenegger’s Instagram, the proud mother commented, “Love you enjoy this next chapter make it fun you are so loved.”
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Pratt, 39,announced their engagement early Monday morningin an Instagram post in which he and Schwarzenegger cuddled up with her engagement ring front and center.
“Sweet Katherine, so happy you said yes! I’m thrilled to be marrying you. Proud to live boldly in faith with you. Here we go! 💍🙏♥️,” he captioned the photo.
“He asked for Maria and Arnold ’s blessing and was very traditional about things,” the source said.
source: people.com
